The status of isiXhosa as an additional language in selected Cape Town secondary schools
Thabile Mbatha and Peter Pluddemann report on a study of the status of isiXhosa as an additional language subject (XAL) in the Western Cape. The study set out to investigate the reasons for the apparent decline in the number of learners taking isiXhosa as a third (L3) or as a second language (L2). [Full Text Article, pdf]